niggeż

Maltese

Root
n-g-ż
1 term

Etymology

Intensive/frequentative of Arabic نَكَزَ (nakaza, “to drive, prod, spur”). Generalisation of /ɡ/ from assimilation to the following /z/ as in gideb, gidem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɡ.ɡɛs/

Verb

niggeż (imperfect jniggeż, past participle mniggeż, active participle tingiż)

1. to sting, prick, prod
2. to spur, to prod in order to agitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of niggeż
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	niggiżt	niggiżt	niggeż		niggiżna	niggiżtu	niggżu
	f			niggżet
imperfect	m	nniggeż	tniggeż	jniggeż		nniggżu	tniggżu	jniggżu
	f			tniggeż
imperative			niggeż				niggżu